| 100% | SHOESTRING | 10 | Type of start-up budget |
| 62% | KOHL | 4 | Type of make up |
| 58% | HADRON | 6 | Type of subatomic particle made up of quarks |
| 57% | INDIE | 5 | Type of film that usually has a small budget |
| 57% | JUKEBOX | 7 | Type of musical made up of already popular songs |
| 57% | MAZE | 4 | Type of puzzle with a start and a finish |
| 57% | VACUUM | 6 | Type of cleaner that sucks up dirt from carpets |
| 57% | STATIC | 6 | Type of electricity that makes your hair stand up |
| 56% | NEURAL | 6 | Type of network made up of nerves in the body |
| 56% | HAN | 3 | Type of characters that make up a lot of Chinese |
| 56% | MURPHY | 6 | Type of bed that can be folded up or down |
| 56% | BIT | 3 | Type of movie part that many superstars started out with |
| 55% | MIDNIGHT | 8 | Type of oil that gets burned when you stay up late |
| 55% | SEOULFOOD | 9 | Type of meals served up by the Korean Air Co., Ltd. |
| 55% | SITANDGO | 8 | Type of poker tournament that starts when enough players are registered |
| 54% | BLASTOFF | 8 | Start a type of flight |
| 53% | GAINGROUND | 10 | Start catching up [last word: #2 of message] |
| 52% | VCS | 3 | Funders of start-ups, briefly |
| 51% | BANKLENDING | 11 | Source of start-up cash, perhaps |
| 51% | ZOOM | 4 | Type of lens for close-ups |
| 50% | ANTE | 4 | Pony up at the start of a poker game |
| 50% | ZOOM | 4 | Type of lens for close-up shots |
| 49% | ANTES | 5 | Start-up costs, of sorts |
| 49% | MOVEFASTAND | 11 | With 55-Across, modern principle of start-ups |
| 48% | NOVELWRITER | 11 | Career of the parent who typed up the Career Day schedule? |
| 48% | SOCKEYE | 7 | Type of salmon, involved in a punch-up perhaps? |
| 46% | UTURN | 5 | Start of a back-up plan? |
| 46% | SECONDLY | 8 | Start of a follow-up remark |
| 46% | WRAP | 4 | Roll-up type of sandwich |
| 46% | BOOT | 4 | Start up |